ADVERTISINGR ATES
1 mo. 3 mos. 6 moo lyr
1.60 1.76 3.60 6.60 12. d)
3.00 3.60 6.50 9.1%) 204
4.00 5.23 9.03 17.0 0
26.
11.60 17.00 25430 450
13.80 22.00 40.00 '60.00
20.00 41.00 moo n 0.02
60.00 60.00 110 oo 230.03
CO to Ikhurea
Tyr, Saaireb
Tina SqUard ■
Dix tinctures, .
quarter Column
H. If Colniari .
Oal Column
Professional Miran .1.00 per line per year.
Administrator's and Auditor's Notices, $3.00
City Notice., 20 cents per line let Insertion 16 cents pei
ne each aribsodnent insertion.
Tan tines agate constitute a admire.
ROBER C IREDELL, JR., PirnmenEn,
ALLENTOWN, PA
coat ant( Lumber
Mn=
Union Street, near Lehigh Valley Depot,
Allentown.
BITTER k. 13 BOT P,
MANUFACTURERS OF
.Sash, Doors, Outside !Mods, rniide Muds, Mould
togs, Brackets Balusters, Pickets, Stair Rail
ingot Window Frames, Door Frames, Ac.
SCROLL HAWINO,
, TURNING,
PLANING.
MATCHING.
FLOORING nod
11l PPINO.
DONE AT THE SHORTEST NOTICE.
ALSO. STAIR BUILDING done and HAND RAILING
condo to ardor.
. .
Haring now hod almost five yearn' poemenelon of the
Mill, refurnished it almost wholly with new and improo•
ells machinery. null having none but experienced work
men, we aro prepared to defy competition from at home
nnd abroad, both tu price and workmanship.
Doyen contemplate building ? Cull at our Factory and
entisty youreelf with 4 penman] examination,
Drawings for building., bracket., pattern. for orna
mental work, scroll• for porches, can be even nt oil time.
by calling at our office. Any Information to the builder
fdralelted cheerfully and freely, by calling at the Manu
factory, on Union - street, at the Jordan Bridge, Allen
town, or by letter through the pool office.
atm 3-Iy.l RITTER A ABBOTT.
O. OTTO. M. OTTO. 0. W. MILLXI
F LITERT, OTTO at MILLER,
MANUFACTURERS AND DEALERS IN
LUMBER,
W L ',TAMS PORT, PA.
::ILL ON CANAL WEST OF MAYNARI) STREET
OFFICE AT THE MILL
V F CRANE AOHX.L. 4 aug 70-1 y
enrint3 nub Oil Clot
RICH AND ELEGANT
L2ARPETS, OIL CLOTHS, &O.
S. C. FOULK.
•
NO. 10 S. SECOND ST., PIIILA.,
(Pleat Carpet Store below Market, East side,)
Ihor Item itftentlon to bin apientPd asmortment of Imported
and American CA !WETS, willeh will le. sold at a very
small advance. Ouoda warranted no repreaented so that•
all ran buy with confidence and imilefactlon•
any 'MA(
' Spectacles.
SPECTACLES I SPECTACLES
EYE GLASSES, &c.
an E d all kind" of
CHAS. S. MASSEY'S,
NO. 28 EAST HAMILTON STREET,
ALLENTOWN, PA
Sported °H g avindevoted a
for grea
these lent few yearn, I find that my
bunion,. in that lino bon inereened so I. nob that I have de
termined to maim it a SPECIALTY. There In no article
manufactnred in whiob there in CO much deception prac
ticed on there to In Spectacle Mennen. Knowing that the
public have been frequently humbugged, by parties pre
tending to have it nuperlor article of • and charging
exorbitant pricer f..r .item, thereby WM:acing upon thane
...allies end infirmltien of age, I have taken Paine ti no
ted a large end ciunplete awortmont of the Anent and bent
Mennen ever Innunfactured, thus affording all
at
needing Spectaclen nu opportunity of pnrchusing at rea•
ennoble pricen. Permute booing any difficulty In being
united elnewhere will do well to give me call, on I feel
o ld that no one will tell to be commit. Remember the
old intend. No. TI End Hamilton tureet, oppoelte the fier.
m anlxnd.
Rohn toed Church, Allentown, Pa. Jan T.I tf
Elothingi
GREAT ATTRACTION I •
NEW FIRM! NEW GOODS!
CLOTHING ! CLOTHING
GRAND SPRING AND SUMMER OPENING•
'GREAT REDUCTION IN PRICE' , 1
T. OS \I UN & CO.,
SPIerINNIMI to Mari/err Osntn•
BARGAINS
AT TIM
GREAT CLOTHING EMPORIUM
IN REIMER'S BUILDING.
NO. 605 HAMILTON STREET,
ALLENTOWN, PA.
Vo would inform the citizen. of Allentown and the sur
rounding Country tb: t we are Prepared with a large stock
of goods for
FA LL AND WINTER WEAR,
and offer theta to the public at resaouttbleprigen• To those
TAO buy their Clothing rt.ady•tnatle, they nee prepared to
offer BARGAINS.
WHOLE SUITS MADE TO ORDER!
COATS, PANTS AND VESTS
Cat and madeln thelateat style, tunny thebent workmen:
OUR STOCK OF
CLOTHING, CLOTHS .AND CASSIMERES
In larger thus It has hen before, ar.d.we Intend to sell at
very S3IALL PROFITS, and coo our customers the bone.
fit of our low purchases.
Great Quantities and varieties of
NECKTIES, CUFFS, COLLARS,
And everything In the line of
GE'NT'S.FURNISHING GOODS,
MEN'S, YOUTHS', BOYS' and CHILDREN El
REA DY—M ADE; CLOTHING,
CONSTANTLY ON BAND.
ItaMorgrce, No. Oa' Ilenilton street, thin)
door.utgi street.
T. Osmrtx. J scon It. Scuola. Morin Lux
mar 24 if
HurroN & II'OONNELL,
FURNITURE WAREICOOMS,
lA N NO. 80NI A I; KET STREET, W l '
North Side
PHILADELPHIA.
PARLOR, DINING-ROOM,
CHAAIBER FURNITURE
Of the Latest Styles and Best Manufacture.
ALSO,
Feather Beds and Mattresses.
IMEEM
CONSHOHOCKEN
1301 LER AND COIL WORKS,
JOHN WOOD, JR.,
TOM FI.UR AND OTLINDER BOILERS ,RATS
AND STEAM CIRCULATING BOILERS.
All kindx of Wrought Iron Collo, Tuyera for Bloat Fur.
Dare. liu. ou titooko Clocks, Blast Piper, Iron Wheel.
harrows, nu l l ivory thing in the Boiler and Sheet Iron
Alan, all klutia of iron and Steal Forgiugx and Blackmun!.
work, kllnera' Tools of all !Linda, ouch as When, Duckett!,
Drill, Melietx , !Bedizen, .be.
Having Clean. Bloomer mol art of toola of all kintlit
and Men•d workmen. I flatter myself that 1 ran torn out
work with Prot:quiteon and diepoteh, oil of which will b,
warranted to be lirst•cione.
Pc hing Dollars, sail repalrlng generally, Filially at
wade at d 10. anis 17
MORE Popular than any Other I
•ALWAY ON THE LEAD,
The Glory of the Morning and An)
Other Time.
The Celrl rated Me tug Olury Stover ore unnefactur d
thin year le greater "an, tL lox Obte ever beton., to wool
t].3 grout emaud fey n Oros clite, stow. They ore .1d by
WM. G. RITTER.
DEALER IN
;TOY & TIN )\I A RE,
831 Hamilton SI., Allentown.
Tiselvo hundred or these Stoves hove been solo In thlv
county dorloo thy ploo live sear-, every one of which
Dos given unhnillea mallstsctlon, witch Is the hest canons
tnandation they need
•
Aiwi t ), on howl oil Lhido Of litovos,Ronizon. Fornocen,
Grates. Tin and ol.ret-lion Witte•
A large •arlety of to t.:ere Cook Stoves, ouch al
•
THE ItEGULATOE. whir Revolving Top,
HOT BLASTlilMolt
SPEAR'S ANTLIWs r rim]:
ALL RIGHT
• CoLli c DAL, ETC.
•
Also, a largo YArlety of the tout approved po t tin g
bta•eli. 0e..2.1-Nr
To Lur._Frntn film of April, the well
known,lang 1,4041.11. A nod iincre”fitlQuei.n.wiir.•
Ftoro. No. Oillltuo ttitiet, now occupied b) Hllllum
Helmer, with or without thu dwelling. A
144114/. 431 LINDEN FT.
VOL. XXVI
FURS !
CHAS. W. ABBOTT.
LADIES, It yott a w n to n t . Lo i b re nt ia F i r ,;, to re l o o t !ho well•know
W. KEINATH,
Importer and Exporter of Furs,
710 ARCH STREET,
(OPPOSITE ST. CLOUD HOTEL,)
PHILADELPHIA,
Where you have the selection from the mast extensive
axsortmeut of all descriptions at the lowest ILlUM
fncturlug prices.
Sets from $5.00 up to the moat Costly
Russian Crown Sable
HUDSON BAY and MINK SABE.
ERMINE, CHINCHILLA. SQUIRREL, and every en.
riety of the latest styles
SA ODES ofS..al Skin, Persian. and Astrachan.
ALL KINDS OF FUR TRISISJINO, '
Also the finest assortment of FANCY ROBES, WHITE
FOX. BEAVER. WHITE POLAR and BLACK
BEAR, HUDSON BAY WOLF, Sc.
ALL 000D8 WARRANTED AS REPRESENTED.
CALL BEFORE PURCHASING ELSEWHERE
5% K
710 Areh Street,. Philadelphia.
novlri.stn es
A LtinTOAN
ROLLING MILL G 0
Successurm to
TUAYER, ERDMAN. WILSON & CO.,
STEAM ENGINES AND BOILERS,
RAILROAD TURN TABLES
MILL GEARING, SHAP FT:NG,
Furnace, Rolling Milt and -Vining
N. work guaranteed and delivery prompt.
L. H. GROSS, Sup't
=ME=
D'ILMINGTON AND READING
SEVEN PER CENT, BONDS,
We are offering theSecood Elortgage bond, of this Corn
Parry
AT 85 AND ACCRUED INTEREST,
nterest Payable January and July.
1000 a, 500 a, and 100 s,
And can he REO ISTERED free of expo.°
ad
The coal. mlscellaceon9, frelghla nod 'manager hunl
eee are e..nNixotly Incre.elow. The rerelpw for lho year
%riding oclobe. 31.1071. were 479.778 Z). more than the year
riding Oetob•r 1070. The Inc ...tee for November,l67l,
.ver November, 1570. won $1.160.7.1.
Bond , , Pompbleto and Information can be obtained of
DE HAVEN & BRO.,
No. 40 SOUTII THIRD STREET,
CE9813
fi NUFACTURERS, DEALERS & IMPORTERS
Iron, Sleet, Hardware. Railway Stipp Lubrlcnt
(nu Ms, While Lead, Bic.,
15 INVITED TO TILE
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The leading journals of 'Ma country and Europe ' , cog .
nire it am the Itepreentatlve Paper of the Amer•
Iran Metal Tendon.
The publinbere have ever Mace Ole jorn nal was eslab•
Inhed, employ od the ablest correypondenta and solicitor.
o by prorated ; expending more me op for their nalarley
lune than the entire expen•ex of teeny prominent sewn
paper eniabllebruente. Ten Ottma' dollar., per veer is
aid out ler...giant matter. The circulation of the lane
Vurld to far greater than that of any similar publication
thin country.
ACCURATE QUOTATIONS ♦xD REPORTS OP THITLEADIRO
MORE ♦ND FOREIGN MARKETS.
The beet Talent If Employed, and in Contente. Paper
and Typographical Appearance, Second to None.
Locuted lu the very centre of the metal Interest!, of the
Culled •tates with corra . spendents at the leading elite.
of the East, Wept and Somb, we do not orr la claiming
that it Is the IttPRIMINT•TIVIt JOURN•n of the Metal
Alauufsters. Workers and Dealers of this coury.
nioutnat for machinists and metal workers it has ne
rival and contains every week the choicest selections
from angle°. ring, mining and mcloutinc publlcations of
this country and Europe. lid motto is , Progreee," end
it has compelled other 'unreal.., of a similar character,TO
POLLuVr IN ITS Lenin. Its readers comprise Iron and
Steel blanutacturern, bldehiniste. Founders, Ilardwar.
0...1ard and Tinnerd. Ounntultbd, Plumbers, Cutlery
ilautifacturers. Manufacturers Saw Manufacturers,
boiler Manufecturcre, and leading Hallway 011icials.
u. LY $4.00 PER ANNUM.
If you are In the metal trade, take a metal paper. It
trill Cave you more than Its Con . If you Are a maaufac•
urer take the journal that advocates your Interests.
From o lorgo number of notices from the press, we se
ect the following :
• • • •
EF,OIII the Chicago Journal of Comddrud.3
Ton loon WOULD £OO M•2IC7ACTORIZO. —A Represen•
wive of American . 0 0/11211•11111rliftlIter• • Workers lod
Dealer.—Thin in the title and descriptive character of a
...BY Print, d end profusely illuntrated folio of thirty•slit
coluttinn, po..litthed by the nos WORLD Penman um
COMPANY l'lttnitursh. The bane before On Is volume 2.
No. H. Its 011i1Orlai, description., ut manufactures,
cent improvements, corres.pondenco, market reports,cm.
loin. ,ten Industry and ahltiti. It deserves the patron-
Ye of ail Intetented in the prosperity of American matan•
factures Iti however, he Inure wallet,
lati) liddlndlloj to those a °gaged to the iron and hart
ware trade. bush will welcome Ito weekly returns ea an
Ot4OLltidi aid to over, department of their business.
Prom the Cincinnatti Morchanle and Matattacturers .
Bulletin.
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A SVCCEIDIFCL NEWBPAPER.—WO are plonsrd Its note the
vidences of success iu Cho IRON WORLD, of Pittabit•gh
It la young healthy end vigorous. sue has Cart y tut.
proved In appearance cud tun o• during the pest three Of
tour mouths. It Is LOW une of the must attt active burl-
Hers organ. la the country. it Is edited with mark d
obi ity, and, ea he urine Implies. Is devoted to the iron
mud metal luterests of the country. Its .• het report. or
utetats, hardware, manufactures, Ac. . are very felt,
complete and rt•llable• payi ng it a htah,but wedged
complitueut, to say that .t is the leading organ of the
Iron and metal interest. of the United State. AI atufac•
tuners stud metal deniers everywhere should eubecribe
fur the IRON WORLD AND JI Anet•cv tram
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Free of Taxes
The Bonds aro In
PHILADELPHIA
THE ATTENTION
El=
Vebiqh
USELESS EX fRIVAGANCES.
BY JOHN HICHNI
Philip Marston has labored for the past ten
or fifteen years to accumulate a little property
that is yet insufficient to maintain himself and
family without laborious Industry and con
stant saving, He therefore toils early and late
to Increase his Income, and above all, to give
his children a creditable 'education ; for he
holds education to be of the first importance to
those who would become useful citizens. He
prizes it the more because he never had the
advantages of early and careful school training ;
and he constantly urges his children to im
prove their opportunities while yet young.
He is an excellent mechanic, but is wholly
self taught. When he found that his business
required a knowledge of the principles of
mathematics he bmglit a second-hand Euclid,
and alter many months of close study at odd
moments, became master of It. Then the
theory of civil architecture attracted hisnotice,
and he made himselfso familiar with it that
there was a constant wonder among his fel
low workmen how " Marston had learned
what he knew about " Architecture." Had
they seen him toiling over his books there
'would not have been so much wonder at his
progress. His book on Architecture was well
worn from constant use, and his pockets were
generally ituffed witu scraps of paper contain
ing propositions in Geometry, problems In
Mechanics, and Items concerning architectu
ral improvements. But this extra and con•
stela toil was regarded by Mr. Marston an the
penalty of a lack of early training : and he
often dwelt oo the blessed time of ease be
would have had, if these things could have
been learned by him when he was young.
"Children," he would say, "If I had had
the advantage of schooling thatyou now have
I would not now have been obliged to devote
so touch of my time to remedying the defects
of early training or rather no training at
all." •
One evening he had been lamenting his lack
of opportunities, when Charley Marston, the
eldest of four children, said :
" Father, I want money enough to purchase
a ball and bat. All the boys are going to have
them, and they are going to organize a com
pany of 'Blue Stockings,' and are going to
dress in uniform!'
"I had not heard of that," said Mr. Mar
atom
" Yes, and I have been chosen pitcher."
" Indeed ! Does it not require much time
and practice to become a skillful base.ball
er after the new method ?"
"Of course It does ; but we are to meet
every afternoon."
" I do not approve your course in this mat
ter, for several reasons ; but if all the other
boys are going to have ball and I,at, and new
suits we must try and see what can be
done."
"Bravo I thank you father ; 0, won't we
wax 'em I"
Amelia spoko,rather impatiently : " I think
It is too bad that Charley can have all sorts
of things to play with and we girls cannot
have anything."
" What do you want, Amelia?" asked her
father.
"I want to join the gymnastic class just
organized by Doctor Torturelle, who lectured
to the school last week on the necessity of
gymnastic for the health. Tho Doctor said
there wasn't one of us girls that hadn't a
crooked Spine orthat was not round-shoul
dered; and that we will all surely have the
the consumption, if we do not expand our
chests. He said the great evil of the present
generation was too much brain-work, and too
little exercise." Our teachers joined in with
Doctor Torturelle, and said it was every word
true, and that unless something wee done im
mediately, the rising generation would all be
in their graves in a very short time."
"And what did be propose as a remedy 4"
asked Mr. Marston.
" lie said If we would Join his class In gym
nastics ourchests would be expanded and long
life would be the result."
"Do you think you need his treatment ?"
"I am certain of it ; I felt a pain in my
chest this Morning."
" It does not seem to me, daughter, that you
need anything to expand your chest, for you
are now almost as broad as you are long."
There was a laugh at Amelia's expense ; for
she was one of the plumpest i healthiest girls in
the neighborhood.
".How much will it cost to join the class 7"
"Only twelve dollars for the whole course."
" Is that all?"
"You have to pay a trifia for the use of the
gymnastic implements, and then you are ex
pected to buy his patent self acting chest•ex
pander ; and—O yes, I forgot; all the girls
have gymnastic dresses."
Here little Eadlc bounded Into the room
crying " 0 papa, I forgot —"
" You want something, I suppose," said her
father.
" Yes, I do ; I want wed of croquet."
"Is that necessary for the health?"
"Of course it is; Professor Beetler gave a
lecture to the school a few days since, and
said if there were more croquet playing, there
would be less headache and lowness of spirits.
And our minister, too, list Sunday evening
spoke of croquet as a Chestian game ; and I
know it is just splendid. I learned to play it
of Cal. Wagner who has a beautiful twenty
dollar set."
" Well," said Mr. Marston," we will talk
over the getiing of all these things when your
mother gets through washing the dishes."
In a few moments Mrs. Marston came into
the room weary with hard work, and flung
herself on a chair with the exclamation "lam
so tired." •
" Amelia, you ought to help your mother
with the house work." •
Mrs. Marston said " she supposed that Aine.
a had been occupied with her lessons, and
ad not bad time to assist her."
" No," said her father, "aho had been teas
log me to allow her to join the class In gym
nastica. What do you think of such a propo
sition, and also of Charley's going Into the
base ball business, and of Eadic'a having a set
of croquet 7"
Marston,—lndulgent ; mother that she
was.—sald, she "would be glad if the child
ren could have the things If they would not
coat too much."
" What would be the cost ?"
Charley took the slate, and u near as they
could estimate, the cost would be as follows :
Ball and Bat $1 50
Uniform 15 00
Chum Oymnastles(not Including untform) 12 00
Mons. Torturellu'a at:Muting, cheat-expand
er 4 00
Total $32 00
A small amount to be sure, to people who
have a large income ; but to Mr. and Mrs.
Marston, it was quitn an item. Mr. Marston
said : " I have of lute been looking more care
fully at what I consider the frivolities of edu
cation, Lind I find that they draw very heavily
upon our slender income. In the matter of
changes In text•lx)oks, for Instance, it has taken
no Inconsiderable sum of money to meet that
demand. In the single Rem of writing books
there is a constant changing or desire to
change. No sooner is one book or system of
penmanship Introduced than another and pro
fessedly better OHO is presented for our appro
val. When tli . ese changes are really necessary,
I am willing to submit to them, but It lookaas
If the whole school-book business were run In
the interest of school-book compilms and
ALLENTOWN, PA., WEDNESDAY MORNING, J A NUA P.Y 31, 1872.
school.book publishers. And when we add
to this the innumerable extras' which call for
the constant expenditure of money, it makes
our boasted free education really one of the
heaviest burdens we have to bear. And the
worst of It is, that all these expenditures are
saddled on the people under the pretence that
they are essential to what is considered the
really sound curriculum of study. Your base
ball, for instance, comes under ill: guise of a
necessity for a better development of American
muscle ; your light and heavy gymnastics are
for weak-chested people—like Amelia, and
your croquet is for the promotion of Christi
anity at twenty dollars a set. Mind you, the
parties who earnestly advise these things are
those who are to be financially benefited, or
those who are la the enjoyment of comfortable
salaries. They have little idea of themischief
they are doing by the public endorsement of
these extravagances. They generally have no
appreciation of how hard It is to gain a com
petence by hand. Farmers, mechanics, labor
ing people of all classes, know that earning
money is slow work. Now, my children, with
your high notions, you do • .understand the
value of money, and I ar.. going to try end
give you a clear comprehension of it. I have
two propositions to make, and if, upon careful
consideration, you assent to them, I will get
you the thirty dollars worth of muscle and
chest developing and Christian-forming mate
rial which you desire."
"What isyour proposition ?" asked Charley.
"It Is this: your dear grandmother who has
been sitting there in the corner knitting all
the evening, is now nearly eighty years old ;
and yet she knits almost constantly. You know
she keeps us supplied in warm stockings. The
stockings are worth from 50 to 75 cents per
pair; and my proposition Is to let her knit
enough to pay for these promoters of Chris
tian muscle that will coat about thirty dollars.
It will not take her more than three months.' ,
"For shame, Papa I" cried all the children.
"Then you don't approve of this proposl
ton ?"
"Its perfectly awful ?" said Amelia.
"Well, then, I have another one: Your
mother does her own housework—has always
preferred to doso, that something might there
by be saved for your education. Now, the
wsges of a girl to do this w 3rk would be
about two dollars per week,(we say nothing
of the girl's board) which Is saved in cash. I
propose to put off the purchase of these mug
de-forming materials until the amount at two
dollars per week is realized from your mother's
labor."
"Why, Papa, you're crazy l" cried Amelia.
"Only to think," said little Eadic, "of poor
mama's washing dishes to pay for gymnastics
and croquet I"
"Or for base ball uniforms," said Charley.
"I declare, papa," said Amello,9. never be
fore thought these things were extravagant;
I supposed gymnastics aad croquet really ne
cessary."
"That Is because teachers, and too often
ministers, are constantly endorsing every
new-fangled extravagance that comes up.
Dot since you do not approve either of my
propositions, I must tell you why I cannot
spare the money for these things. In the
drat place, there are yet three payments due
on our little home; secondly, somebody must
pay the grocer, the butcher, the tailor, and
the merchant for our daily food and clothing;
and, thirdly, in view of the uncertainty of
my life and the certainty that you would need
a better provision than I cm make for you in
case of my death, lam going to investigate
the claims of life insurance. In the mean
time, we can open a little school of our own
and we can store our minds with useful
knowledge, even if we are not in uniform.
As to the muscle, a little sawing wood, and
gardening, and some excursions that we
will have in the fields will make the muscle
and Will not cost us a penny."
"0 father," they all cried, "that will be
splended I"
"And we will begin to collect a library,
and to read it too. We'll have the books all
in uniform--"
" 0, bother the uniform I" said Charley.
"Well, then, we'll have the books In cheap
editions, and thereby get a largo amount of
reading for a moderate investment of money."
From that evening there was a different state
of affairs In the Marston household. There
was more consideration on the part of the
children towards their parents, although Mr.
and . Mre. Marston have hard work to stem the
popular current of extravagance which is non
sweeping over the land. But, on the whole,
there is sound progress in curbing the extrav
agent notions that have become leading ele
ments in our educational system, and are
really the "cut-worms" of material prosperity.
WIDOW SMITH'S RECEIPT.
Mrs. Smith Is an old lady addicted to mak
ing "bulls," and Is of a pieco with the good
woman who poured out the coffee to feast
upon the grounds. It was a blunder some.
thing of this character eh° has just committed,
for which she has come to answer at the po
lice office.
:The cause of the hubbub bad occurred in
the post office, New York, where the clerk,
whose duty It was to attend to prepaid letters,
was suddenly accosted by a woman who
rushed in In great trepidation. This woman
was the widow Smith.
"Sir," she exclaimed In a voice trembling
with anger, "how does it happen, I should
like to know, that when one has prepaid the
poitage on a letter, the person to whom it is
sent Is made to pay for It again ?"
"Bow it happens, madam 7" cried the
clerk, " why It don't happen at all."
Well,l say It does happen, and what's
more, that it happened to-day—there !"
"And I tell you again that it is impossible
that it should be so."
"But It is a person of my acquaintance to
whom I wrote yesterday, and whose letter I
prepaid, who says she had to pay for it ton.
She was furious about it, and I don't wonder
she was ; for I wrote to her concerning my
own affairs, and she had to pay the postage.
It's downright robbery, I say."
And thereupon the widow kicked up such
a rumpus that it was found to be necessary to
call in a policeman and take her before the
magistrate. Instead of pacifying Mrs. Smith,
this proceeding nearly threw her into the last
degree of exasperation. Although the officer
requested her to assume a proper line of con
duct, the widow persisted In her fury, and
stamped and screamed most uproariously.
"To be told, ton, that I don't know what
I have done with it !" she cried.
" Done with what 7" inquired the magic
trate.
"The receipt," answered the widow ; "the
receipt which proves that I prepaid the letter."
So saying, she fumbled in all her pockets.
"There," she exclaimed, suddenly. "PAM
got it I Here It Is t"
And she exhibited triumphantly to the mag
istrate—what' can you imagine It was ?—a
postage stamp I The poor lady had taken it
as a receipt for the money she had paid to the
clerk, and bad treasured It sacredly instead
of pasting it upon the letter 1
Weston, the walkist, Is asking for a diturce
in the District Court of Nashua county, lowa.
In his petition, he says that ho Is a "person
of very sensitive nature," and that his wins
talks saucy to him sometimes, which Injures
his feelings so as to tau:Unger his life I"
Nasby's Latest
Mr. NuOw Make* a Tour nftho North to Rea liner
Many Di/waste&flopubliratsv Would be (limy
to Join tho l'asstroDelitorrory.
CO/IFEDUIT X ROADS,
(which is in the etalt of Kentucky,
December 29, 1871.
The bopelisness uv electin • a Dimekratic
President by Dimekrats alone, wuz apparent
to all the gigantic intelleks uv the pity, over
a year ago. A conference wuz held in Non
York eighteen months ago; Tweed, Hall,
Connolly and Sweeny representiu Non York,
me and Garrett Davis representla R.knucky,
the Biafra representin lilksmri, and so on.
Wo decided then that the Donmerisy shoed
appeal directly to the people to yoonite with
US to beat:Grant. Gen. John C. Breekinnilge
desired that the issue be made fairly between
Grant and Despotism cn the one hand, and
the People and Yoonyun on the other.
Tweed liked that Idea, butler desired to add
to it. He wanted the issue to be Grant, Des
positism and Corrupshen on the one hand,
and the People, Yoonyun and l'urity on the
other. That wuz wat Tweed wantid. With
Bich a ishoo ez that he felt that he cood go
afore the people and make etch a Ste ez he
never made afore. (31,n. Breekinridge accept
ed this amendment gladly. He felt that the
eorrupshen uv the present administrashen, ez
well ez Its attacks upon constitooshnel liberty
lied bin a stench into the nostrils uv the pen.
pie, in with opinion Mr. Tweed coincijed.
It was resolved there and then to make the
Ste in this way and upon this basis, and the
meet in adjourned. • ,
Some months after the conference, Mr.
Two 2d, for obvius reasons, dropped out uv
the management uv affairs, and the Ditnoe
risy wuz left, reely, without a head. But I
felt that the programme laid down wuz the
proper one, and I determined to make a tour
thro the Nothern States to ascertain how
much strength we cood depend upon gittiu
from the licpublikins. I pet got home from
that trip yesterday, and the followin extrax
from my diary will show how successful the
raid wuz:
Smithville, N. Y.—Pound one man, J. C.,
who was strongly in favor of reorgan Izin the
parties on a new basis. He groaned , over the
corrupshen uv the Republican party for years.
Hed bin a member uv the party from its organ•
izashun, but owing to the prejoodisses uv the
members thereof In his county bed alluz been
debarred from holdin outs, up to the year
1808. In March uv that yeer President John
! son made him Collector uv Revenon, which
ofils be heid with profit to hisself till that ojus
military tyrant, Grant, wuz elected. There
wuz some.trillin irregularities in hiz accounts,
and be wuz dismissed and a supple tool uv
tyranny appointed in his place. •His bail wuz
outrageously soot for his defalcashuns,and het
bin crooelly pervelfuted ever since. Wuz a
ernest belecver in Civil Service Reform, and
would June heart and sole in this movement.
Uv course he wood want his old place back
agln, In the event. uv success, and when he
gets it sbood favor a law making it perpetooal.
Shel want money from the general commireo
to ycose among shaky Ilepublikins.
Jonesboro, Ohin.—Found Mr. M. L. in a
grocery, with his feet cocked up onto a &tun
ter. Wuz disgusted and heartsick at the pro
tiigacy uv the present Administrashen, and
saw no hope uv any change for the better un
til present party lines wuz busted.—Hoped the
neow organtzzashen wood not overloOk the
claims uv men uv talent and genius ez com
pletely es the party now in power hez done.
His friends had urged him time and again to
the tyranical Administrashen for various
peosishens, from Minister to Venezuela to the
Poshillice in his native village, all uv which
the military tyrant now at the head uv the
government lied persistently disregarded.
Felt that there must boa change or that rooio
wuz inevitable ; wuz in favor uv the new
movement, stipulating, uv coarse, that
he shood hey hie choice uv the offices in that '
locality.
Brownstown, C.. confest that
the Post•Oills in his native village lied bin
the heigth nv his ambishen for twelve years
and ez be lied never bin able to get it under
Republikin rool, ae wuz willin to June the new
movement ef that wuz promist him. Liz
a brother-In-law who did want to be collector
and possibly he coed be Indoost to go iu also.
He is doubtful, however, ez he hez lately ex
perienced religion. 'Will try him any how,
oz it isn't certain that he hez bin soundly con
verted. The promise uv the place may pos
sibly fetch him. En for him the corruption
uv the present Administrashen wuz too glarin
to permit him to stay a miuit in a party which
supported it. He wanted it to be understood
that he wuz to hey the post ofils.
Nolesville, Indiana.--Got together a meetin
uv the leading Democrlsy and the dissatisfied
liepublikins—ten of the latter. One lied bin
listed from the Post office, and the other nine
had applied fur it in vain. There wuz much I ,
enthoosiasm at the beginning till the question!
happened to arise ez to 'the destribushen uv
the dikes in the event uv success. The ten
disgusted Republikins insisted that they shood
be given to them, ez without their assistance
the Dimocrisy cooden't do nuthin, and the
Dimocrisy insisted that ef Republikin renega
des wuz to hey the offisis they didn't care a
tiffiter'scuss whether they did anything or
not. "Ef Republicans is to hey the places
anyhow," yelled the Democrisy all in horns,
"we'd rather It should be the decent ones."
Meetin broke up in a row. Paid my owl. ex
penses nut uv that town. •
I break off my diary thus abruptly, for
These are specimens tie the whole. I found
in each town I vizited Rrpublikius willin to
join us, but there wuz aliuz two troubles in
the way, viz :
1. They wuzn't the kind uv men we wanted
and without which triumph iz yoos. lis for us,
viz: the MBAs. .
They are alluz men uv that ptkoolyer car,
acter who hey to be carried, when wat we
want is men capable or carry in us. lam
fearful that the experiment won't win, and
that afterall we will hey to settle back into
our old party lines and be wliailm again tz
usual. PETROLEUM V. NASUY,
(WICII wuz Postmaster.)
A. Winona wedding degenerated into a pu
gilistic entertainment, and the bridegroom
was escorted to jail to spend the honeymoon:
It is an awful thing for a man on his death
bed to consider that era his corpse grows cold
'his widow may be bagging with the 'under
taker for the price of his coffin, andh Is family
may hunger and thirst to provldeltim a decent
sepulture. '
"Go it, old fellow," said two idle scapegra
ces to an honest laborer at work. " Work
away while we play; sow and we'll reap."
"Very likely, my lads," replied the old man,
coolly ; " I'm towing hemp."
Massachusetts tobacco chewers don't appear
to enjoy many privileges. • A Taunton man
was fined 16 tor spitting nn a church carpet.
It Is a curious fact that ternary individuals
are now claiming to Wertern journals the di
abolical distinction of having set fire to Chica
go.
A cry pf horror went up from the crowd as
the man was seen to stagger and swing around
the end of the porch with his load ; but his
hand held its grip on the iron, and a moment
afterwards ho carried the boy through 'the
Window and turned him over to his mother
who had only just realized that something
was wrong.
(From (learn and Homo.)
THE TEBT OF FIRE
"See how Inv hair his grown ! Look, Su
s.e !" • i t!" s 4 she held forth
the s at, orown lucks In their full extent.
"It Is not nearly so long ns Bessie King's.
Did you sou horlo•eaty In church 7 She wire
it fl in 2 ., and hemoihdly crimped, too. I
wonder 114 , w Ow dm h. '1 here mina im some
neww• a ay. Stn• has Is ell to New York, you
know, and of course . she would get the latest
style," said Smk, turning for one glance at
her sister's hair, and then busying herself as
she talked in brushing her own for the night.
" Dear !" said Florence, " don't you wish
we could gn to New York now and then, as
the other girls do? 13ut we never can, not us
long as we live in Chicago," and the words
scented to tangle in her hair, for she uttered
tliem one by one, as she pulled the comb
through with difficulty.
" I don't see why we cant," said Susy,
"and I'm going to tease father to let us go.
I'll begin to.morrow mining, the first thing,
and just keep of it till he says Yes. Did you
see BVEISICB new suit, today ? The loveliest
sha to I We've some oak leaves pressed Just
the color. I know it was made in New York.
It has the very air, and our dresses all look so
home•made. You can tell them three blocks
off!"
"I think we want new thir.gs all over; "
said Florence, surveying the pleasant room In
which they were. " I'm sure I don't see
where we could begin, 'unless 'twos at the
foundation. This house is old-fashioned. It's
been built at least fifteen years, and it hasn't
a single one of the new improvements about
it. It is just one of a long, plain block, that
anybody might live in."
A soft knock was heard. Susie, standing
near the door opened it.
" Ready for bed, my children ?" asked a
pleasant voice, as a lady entered the room.
She kissed them,, and sat down upon the bed
in a true wotherly way, just for one minute,
that she might watch her darlings as they
moved to and fro, putting in place each article
that they had worn at church that day.
" What a sweet Sunday we have had 1" she
said. "Do you ever think, girls, that the
time will soon come when we cannot live to
gether in one house, and occupy the same
pew in the same church." her eyes filled
with tears as she spoke the words.
"Why, mamma, is anything the - matter ?"
asked Suifie, stopping and throw log down the
dress she carried. to run to her mother.
" Nothing, my child. I didn't intend to
frighten you; only, you know, this happiness
cannot always last, but I mean to get as much
of it as
. I can. Good night, children. I hope
the wind won't keep you awake. It has been
blowing pretty hard all the evening." -
"Trust us for sleeping sound, mamma,"
said Florence. Mrs. Spencer closed the door.
Presently 'lisle turned the key in the lock,
and the two girls were shut in for the night:
" Mamma lag's• happy as though it was
Thanksgiving day," said Florence, as 'she
turned off the gas. Susie chanced to look up
at the instant her sister's hand was upraised.
" Stop a minute, Tuseanie," she said, " I want
to look at you. There ! that will do."
" Why, Sue, was there anything unusual
about me?" asked Florence, as she cross..dthe
room in the darkness and jumped into the
bed.
" No—yrs—l don't know, either ; only.
sometimes it Just seems as if we n•antcd to
call things back. I suppose 'Was what mam
ma said that made me feel kind of last•timy
JUst then. I've felt so before, but nothing
came of It. I could not help wondering
whether I should eversee yin Just there again,
turning off the gas."
" Oh t you old forlorn !" said Florence,
''you're enough to set one thinking of all the
vessels out on the lake:to-night, in this awful
blow."
" Well ! we ought to think about them,"
said Susie, " for I am sure they bring us our
daily bread. I don't know what papa would
do if his vet4els got lost with nll the grain on
them."
"I hope they won't, for then 'we should
never get to New York," Said Florence, put.
Ling her arm around her sister, and soon all
was still in the-room.
Mrs. spencer had gone down stairs; had
stolen noislessly into the room next lier own;
had kissed her brave little buys Willie and Joe
in their sleep. She stood in the darkness of
her owu room a little later, leaning over the
crib of the baby. • All was well with baby.
She returned to the bright little room where
her husband sat reading still. As she stood
by his side in silence, guest tears formed, and
and ran over her eyelids. Mr. Spencer looked
up from his book.
"What is it wife?" lie asked.
"Nothing, only I am just thankful and hap
py, darling," she said, "and my foolish heart
had to tell of It to my eyes. We're so well,
and's° safe, and so everything that It is good
and sweet to be, that I can not help it." She
walks d away to the window to hide her face.
Mk. Spencer followd. Ile lookedont. his
eyes were a little him, but he sawa . strange
light on the sky for ten of the clock on Sun.
day night in Chicago.
"Look Annul Isn't that firer'lle said, and
pr sently out rang an alarm.
They stood and watched the glow spread
and glare Into flame.
"It is far away; but it is a big fire. I guess
I'll go out and look around, said Mr. Spencer.
"Don't stay tno long,for I shall wait till you
come," said his wife.
It u as an hoar befhre he returned.
"I think it is the biagest we have ever had,
and they will have to fight it all night but it
is in a good spot. \lye can afford that part of
the city sooner than tiny other," he told his
wife as he went in.
'Did you go near it?" asked Mrs. Spencer.
' Olt no it is two miles away." And soon
the happy souls were asleep.
Later the mother heard through her sleep
the little cry that ran finely under the hoarse
voices that were shrieking along the street.
She sprang up, and looking out, the flames
seemed to he coming upon them like an in
rushing tide.
"John! John!" and she shook her husband
out of his sleep, shrieking, "Do get up. Fire!
fire!"
!funning up the smirway she beat at the
&Mr of her children's room, crying to them to
get up and dress themselves, for there was an
awful fire.
As she ran down she heard feet at her own
door, loud raps, and voices calling, "Wake
upl wake upl Be ready to move." Susidand
Florence heard it all from the hall above.
"Quick, girls! Dress yourselves thoroughly
Put on. something warm, and then come to
me," called their mother.
"I can't find anythingl" saki Florence, "I
shake so. Ohl where did I put my boots? I
guess they are In the closet." Susie .was 'al
ready tossing out the contents of the closet.
While the two girls trit d to dress up stairs,
the fire grew and grew fiercer, stronger, every
instant. It lit up their room.
"I've got on two dresses,', cried Susie.
"Neyer Mind , may be it's all you'll have
in the morning," said poor Florence, trying
in vin to get dressed at Ail, she was shiver
ing so, while that Ereatburiiirg was going on
outside. I can't do It. I can't god a button . ,
or a hook, or a pin," she said at last, and
Susie had to dress her sister.
"Hurry I hurry, my children I" called Mrs
Spencer. "Don't wait for a thing."
Susie caught the counterpane from the bed,
tossed into it the first things that camp to her
hand, and, tying It pp by the four corners,
plunged thebuudle down the stain a ie,au a that
was the last that she ever saw of it; fur the
door had been burst open and men were in
the ball below.
The baby was wrapped inn blanket• Wil
lie and Joe were partially dressed. Willie
held his first pair of boots triumphantly In his
hand, as he shouted, "See !Sue, I ain't going
to lose these, anyhow."
"Susie," said her mother, "I give Willie to
your care. Don't get parted from him. Flor :
euce, take Joe and go. Get away as fast as
you can."
"0 mamma! you can't carry baby. Where is
papa?" cried Susie, as she saw her mother,
with the big, fat little fellow, clinging to her
his eyes and mouth wide open with wonder
ment.
"Hellas gone with grandma, dear. You
know she can't move alone, and I hurried
them off."
"Get out as quick as you can stem," shout
ed some one; "the fire is coming down fast—
It's on your own roof this minute."
"Susie! Susie! keep with me," cried Flor
ence, and the little group hastened down the
steps and found themselves in the midst of a
hurrying, frightened, grcat•eyed throng, all
running for their lives fret the fire.
They kept together for a block, but when
they met the cress stream rushing along to
gain the same region, they were no longer . to
gether- Susie kept fast hold of" Willie, who
still clung to his dear boots. She put hint in
front of her and, holding his shoulder, pushed
him ahead. Over them rusliCd the sparks,
the cinders, the flaming brands. Great curs
of flames columned the air behind them, and
yet they struggled onward. Susie's dress was
torn and trampled. Willie lost one of his
boots, and screamed to go back for It, when
a step backward would have crushed them un
der foot. At last—what a horrible lifetime
It had seemed !—but at last Susie reached a
place were she could stand and wait and rest
a minute and look back and think.
I IThe minute sae paused, Willie began to cry,
"0 sister I my feet hu is me so, I can't, I can't
walk any morel" but the throng overtook and
pressed them onward, and poor Sue carried
the boy until she was out of breath, and could
not take another step. No one, offered help.
No one seemed to see her. She was as much
alone in all that agonized crowed as though
site was tl.e only hutnan being struggling for
life. She was close to the steps, of a house.
With one last effort she tossed Willie up out
of the crowd, up two steps, and sprang after
him. Site burst into tears.
"O . Willie, my little brother I I can't carry
you any farther," she said. "And the fire
's coming.'
The roaring then., the cry log wind, the
shouting humanity n:•ething all about her, and
no one to help!
W illie held up his torn feet. Ills stockings
were worn away. Sue saw the blood on them
by the light of the fir•, mingling with the
light of the dawn inA day. She tore strips
from her skirts and bound them up with slink
ing fingers, and a)me one did seem to heed
her for an instant, for a voice cried out, "No
time to stop for hurt feet now. Come along
come along!" but no one offered help.
Just then, out front the door of the house on
whose steps she had paused, rushed a young.
bey. Ile carried a small parcel in his hands.
"Oh!"said Susie, "if you could only help
me just a little I Willie is so heavy, and lie
can't walk."
"Take this, then," said tit! boy. "I've
risked my life coming back for it, but don't
lose it. Cling close, now, or tnay be we'll get
lost." '
Susie took the parcel, slipped it inside her
basque, buttoned it tightly in, and they be.
eau anew the race for life. Once Sue was
k ocked down, hut she got up, she never
knew how, and plunged onward, keeping
sight of Willie's head, bobbing up and down
over the shoulder of the strange boy, until she
caught up with them. Again they paused at
the st. ps of a church. At that instant, flames
were hurled against the spire over their heads.
" I :•an't go, that another minute," said the
lad. "Couldn't we just manage to carry (tint
together some way ? There's lady•chnir ! Do
you think we can ?"
"Of course we can." said Susie, eagerly.
"1 wouldn' mind an much," sail the boy,
" only the skin's all off."
"Skin off? Where ?" asked Susie, as she
held her hands in place, and ha le Willie put
one arm around sister's neck.
"Never mind—that's better. Now, we'll
go. Do you know anywhere to go.?"
"No, I don't," panted Susie. "Every
body I know is burnt d out by this Um..."
"I'm going to a place I know—it's a good
way, but Its good when we get there. Will
you come too ?"
" Oh ! yes, yes : anywhere to get nut of
tire," said Susie.
At last, exhausted, and with Susie's clothes
hanging in tatters about her, - they ret shed the
place. • All et once they were ushered Into'
what Susie thought was the dearest little house
In all the world. The (hior hart, not closed
them in, when a lady laughing and crying at
the same time, threw her arms around the hot',
and cried out :
"O my son, my-son ! I thought you- were
" Sec what I got, thmigh, tn 'tiler, getting
them," said the had, holding up the p tint of
his hand, and showing that the skin was g.tne.
"Getting what ?" she asked, while titsie
started at him in .‘ onderinl , !at irmiol.
" Was it this you horned your Ilan I to
save r die a3ked, Wong' out the parcel and
handing It to liim. '
" Didn't know that you ha I a little fortune
to carry, did you r he said, taking the brown
paper and slmwing up treasures of jewels.
Diamonds ittshed and emeralds gleamed, and
the sweet 'denim of a sweeter child locked
out front their midst.
Yes, I went back for this, mamma, littlo
Kit's picture, but I got them all, and didn't
dare to leave them in their cases for fear some.
body would enatch them out of my bands„'
said the boy proudly, handing them to his
mother, "and I'm glad I went, for I don't
see how this girl could have managed with
the fat, heavy boy to carry, and I'm sure
everybody acted just as though they were all
blind and couldn't see anything between the
Oro and themselves." . .
"You didn't," spoke up " You
was real good, and I loves you, too."
Monday night passed, nod poor Susie heard
nothing from fattier or mother. She held
Willie fast through the long • hours of that
night, for it seemed to the poor girl that he
was all that she had left to love.
The boy who had so kindly conic to her
aid was Montgomery Hart, and the little house
to which they had come was the home of a
poor woman who had been nurse to the lad
In h:s baby days. She lived on the edge of
the prairie, alone. Mrs. Hart was a widow,
and the boy her only child. .
Tuesday morning Montgomery said ho was
going to find Mr. Spencer.
"How do you know him?" asked Susie.
Don't you and I go •o the same Sunday
school? Do you think I would have given
you mamma's jewels to carry If 'didn't know
you ?" he asked with that air of superior
wisdom belonging to his age. -
I gave Willie to you, and I did not know
who you were," said Susie, 'who NV/1i almoat
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wild with eagerness to go herself and starch
for the lost ones. Mrs. Hart persuaded her to
stay, and Willie's tears added themselves to
that side of the question, so Montgomery
stared alone. The little house was overflow
ing with sufferes ; there did not seem.. jo be
room for one more, yet still they came, and
the door was not shut against them. Not a
familliar face did Susie see In all 'Abe crowd .
hurrying past. Night was near on Tuesday
when swift feet ran over the threshold, and
the boy who had gone torn, in search for the
lost one 3, cried out, "Susie, it's all right l
They're jolly safe. I've found them, and
here's your father come for you:"
Only they who were so parted, and did so
meet, can know how the father and the child
ren felt when they saw each other. That n'ght
they told each other how they had fared, and
how somebody was found to give a little aid,
.just when it was most needed ; how poor
garndma, so lame that she could only limp
along, was lifted up into a comfortable card
age and whirled away to the-northern part of
the clty, so that Mr. Spencer had time to get
back and meet baby, just when Mrs. Spencer
could not hold him longer; how a rough old
fedow, with the kindest heart in the world,
found Florence and little Joe in the hottest of
the are (for they had wandered from the
safe streets), and swcept them right out Into
the lake, and held them there through theheat
and the flames ; how he gut his coat over Flor
ence, and ducked Joe under, and did all sorts
of wild deeds for them unit thel danger was
over, arid then how he kept by them until
their father was found the next day, Just be
cause he said lie hadn't anybody belonging to
him to look after. It would take a book large
and wide to tell of all that they said and did
and thought and felt between Sunday night
and Wednesday night. The latter night
found them miles away from the city of emit
dert.i. A grandfather's wide old farm-house
opened to:take in the smoky, singed, solid,
hungry, glad family.
That night afire was kindled on the hearth
—a Western hearth—and the stories had to be
told anew to the grandfather and grandmother
While God's guiding hand was made to appear
In the safety of each one.
"Just thtnk, Florence,', said Susie, "onlj
last Sunday night, what miserable, ungrateful
little fools we were, complaining becauso we
couldn't go to New York to get the fashions.
"When we had lovely new suits, that
mamma made," said Florence.
"And our pretty hats," Susie.
"Anti our dear own rooms,with all the nic3
furniture and the pictures,"
"And me turning off the gas too," exclaim
ed Florence.
"Yes; and the darling home, in the beauti
fut block, where we'd always lived, and now
we haven't a thing hardly. I've got two
dresses, and we've got two shawls to cover
our heads with—and—and—" bald Susie, try
ing to think of something that they had left.
I think Mother Sper.car must have heard •
them as she stood outsl'e of the slightly open
ed door, for she went In quickly and said:
"My darling girls, we never knew liow
much we loved welt other until now, did we?
We are just Vie most blessed, happy family
on God's earth to-r, Igi t, for we've got his love,.
over us, and our love in us. Don't let us *
think of a thing we've lost, for we don't have
to shed a tear for one absent one to•nlght.
Even grandma is eV°. I cannot comprehend
how your father ever got through those terrible
strews with her. Now a kiss, sod a good sleep
to you both; fur to-morrow begins work for
us nil. We never should have known how
much we can do in this world, if It had not
been this—this'—well, I will call it a blessing,
and we will try to make It one." Two kisses
and two goodnights, and she was gone.
"Who else had such a mother as that, I
should like to know ?" sobbed Susie, trying
to bury face and voice in the little pillow
" Who cares anythingabout New York now
when we've got her ? " echoed Florence,with
queer little quavers in her tones. " Look
Sue ! I'm going to turn off the gas now."
Susie peeped from t h e pillow to see Diorama,
as she fuel I the tallow candle high in the air.
She tdssed back her hair, blew out the flame,
and said "only to think, Sue,
that there was a minute of time, when a breath
of mice might have saved Chicago. Oh! had
I beam there, what might have been
"It seems years, Tuscanie, since I put my
arm around you Sunday night," said Susie,
and then, rs once before, all was still in the
room, and the fire in , Chicago, burned law.
GLEANINGS AND GOSSIP
The late Isaac Rich, of Boston, was worth
. $3,000,000.
The Chicago ruins me said to be still draw,
ing "good houses."
An American charitable society but been
stablished in Paris.
Th , re has been established In San Francisco
a silk ribbon manufactory.
No apprehension need be felt about a good
supply of ice next summer.
general McClellan has sailed from New
York for a short tour In the West Indies.
Cardinal Cullen has issued a pastoral on tip
ncrease of intemperance in Ireland.
People In New England are still sending
heir old clothes to the Chicago sufferers.
There is trouble iu Paterson, Now Jersey,
he officials not having been paid since Juio
ast.
Barnstaluo County-, Massachusetts, paid its
clergymen $8 lust year to open its courts with
prayer.
Mos3:lamella has a tulle c f railway for
.very five miles of territory and every 1000
onpulation.
A Main newspaper announces the extension
if a railway to the "eastern portion of down
.ast."
Archbishop McCloskey states that twenty
thousand Mussuitnans were converted by the
Catholic Church lastycar.
Mr. Henry Martin of Pn vidence, R. 1.,
having'syncoped himself with benzine, tum
bled over the railing of a. fourth•alory stair
way, broke a two•inch bar of iron with his
head at the next flight, and flew into atelier's
shop through a skylight, alightning on the
proprietor and almost cooking his goose. Bad
a slight headache next day. No be nos broken.
In Ban Francisco lately, a boy about eleven
years of age, while crawling along the roofer
a house for the purpose of clearingthe obstruc
tions in the water-pipe, slipped and rolled
over the edge of the roof. In his desperate
effort to save hiniself ho succeeded in grasping
the raised edging of wood and tin that border-.
ed the roof, and so hung, suspended by his
hands forty feet above the Street, utterly un.
able to regain hid footing. Underneath where
the boy was hanging was a small, old•fashloned
porch, which projecting out ab nut three feet
front under the'centre window of the second
story. Out of this window a man emerged
and looked up. Ashe stood ho was immediate
ly under the boy, but too close to tho house
for his apparent purpose, the body hanging
Just ovr the railing, lie stepped over the latter
and with his feet resting on the edge of the
platform of the porch and one hand grasping
an Iron support to waited. In the meantime
two men had reached the roof, and were des.
cendinr, when they discovered the impossibili
ty of reaching the boy In safety, and one of
them culled for a rope. Before anyone could
move to the aid of the exhausted boy, heovitu
a shrill cry, let go his hold and fall. Aihe
approached the man on the porch, the latter
was seen to reach out his frco arm under him.
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NEW DESIGNS